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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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confusing countable/uncountable nature
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00 I think a typical definitioon of the word 'gratuity' would go like 'money you give to somebody who has given you ...' and my question is why 'gratuity' is countable, whereas money is uncountable? Isn't it logical to assume if something can be describe in part with an uncountable term (word??), then it should be uncountable too? 0-
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00 I think a typical definitioon of the word 'gratuity' would go like 'money you give to somebody who has given you ...' and my question is why 'gratuity' is countable, whereas money is uncountable? Isn't it logical to assume if something can be describe in part with an uncountable term (word??), then it should be uncountable too? 0-
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0 I think "gratuity" functions more like the word "donation" than "money", referring to a unit of something rather than identifying it 0-
- 0 I think "gratuity" functions more like the word "donation" than "money", referring to a unit of something rather than identifying it 0-
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01 cite 10 Anonymous 12 cite 10 my question is why 'gratuity' is countable, whereas money is uncountable? Isn't it logical to assume if something can be describe in part with an uncountable term (word??), then it should be uncountable too? 12 blockquote10 No. There is something wrong with that logic. 02 br
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